Programme structure: Environmental Modelling and Data Analysis (MSc) - what's running in 2024/25

Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Teaching Block
Students must take the following units:
Dissertation: MSc Environmental Modelling and Data Analysis GEOGM0057 60 Mandatory AYEAR
Environmental Modelling Applications GEOGM0058 20 Mandatory TB-1
Earth System Modeling GEOGM0030 20 Mandatory TB-2
Data Science and Machine Learning in Geography GEOGM0053 20 Mandatory TB-2
Introduction to Scientific Computing GEOGM0054 20 Mandatory TB-1
Select 40 credit points from:
An Introduction to GIS and Remote Sensing for Environmental Policy and Management GEOGM0013 20 Optional TB-2
Climate Change: Science and Impacts GEOGM1405 20 Optional TB-1
Quantifying Climate Risks GEOGM0045 20 Optional TB-2
Mapping and Modelling Geographic Data in R GEOGM0046 20 Optional TB-1
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Award requirements

The pass mark set by the University for any level 7 unit is 50 out of 100.

For detailed rules on the award of credit, reassessment and award of a qualification please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Degree classifications:

A classification will be awarded in the following qualifications:

  • Taught postgraduate Masters degree, including a Master of Research (MRes)
  • Postgraduate Diplomas and Certificates where these are specifically named entry-level qualifications
  • Exit awards of Postgraduate Diplomas and Certificates in designated programmes (as described in the programme specification) where students choose to withdraw from the intended programme but otherwise achieve the necessary credit points for the exit award.

A classification is not awarded for exit awards where students are required to withdraw from the programme on academic grounds.

The overall final programme mark is calculated as the average of all unit marks in the programme, weighted by credit point value.

The classification of the award in relation to the final programme mark is as follows:

  • Distinction = final programme mark of 70+
  • Merit = final programme mark of 60-69
  • Pass = final programme mark of 50-59
  • Fail = final programme mark of 49 or less

* The MA in Law has separate regulations for awarding distinction and merit.

Diploma/certificate stages:

To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 100 must be at level 7.

To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level 7.